Addressing machine



(MO'CKBL) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 J. DENNIS, Jr. & D. S. YORK.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 19, 188

2 Sheets sheet 2.

(ModeL) J. DENNIS, Jr. 80 D. S. YORK.

ADDRESSING MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

lllisl N UNITED STATES PATENT Usenet.

JOHN DENNIS, JR., ornoci sis'rnn, AND DELOS s. YORK, or GENEVA, AS- SIGNORS To P TER YORK, F GENEVA, NEW YORK.

ADDRESSING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,922, dated August 19,188d.

I Application filed September 4, 1882. I (Modem To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatwe, JOHN DENNIS, J12, of

Rochester, Monroe county, New York, and

a longitudinal vertical section of the same.-

Fig. 3 is a front end elevation, the lower poriion being in section. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a. portion of the machine looking on the opposite side from Fig. 2. Figs. 5 and Bare detail views showing the apparatus for chang ing the feed. Fig. 7 is a-view of a portion of one of the printed strips containing the addresses.

This improvement relates to add ressing-inachines in which a strip of paper with the ad'- dre'sses printed thereon is run through the machine, the addresses being cut oil in slips and automatically affixed to the newspapers, envelopes, or other articles by adescending knife and platen.

The object of the invention is, first, to change or adjust the feed automatically by the running of the machineitself, so that addresses of greater or less width can be cut accurately without attention of the operator, the machine adjusting itself exactly to the work toas hereinafter described. Means have here tofore been used for eflecting the last-named purpose-such, for instance, asthat describedin Letters Patent No. 236,387, dated January 4, 1881; but we have invented gi'eatly in1- guide-standards H, and havlng a lateral vibraproved means for efi'ectiug the'purpose.

In the drawings, A shows the frame upon which the working parts are mounted.

B is the paste-tank, set into the frame and provided with feeding-rollers C O, which feed the printed strip along from the reel D, upon which it is wound.

E E are the pasting-rollers which paste the under side of the strip.

'1? is a flat bar, over which the strip passes before entering between the feed-rollers, and this bar is provided with a hole, a, through which the pin passes to change the feed, as will'pr'esently be described. b is a curb be= neath the feed-rolleis, the constructiomof the paste-tank and its connections being the same as that shown in the patent of York and Uh},

September 26, 1882. G is a vertically-reciprocating gate, which rests in ways H H, and is operated by a pitman, 0, or any other suitable means. At its lowenend is a platen, d, by which the cut ad-v side of one of the standards H, whichretains it in position against the standard, but allows it to rise and fall.

J is a weighted pawl pivoted at i to the le ver, its lower hooked end engaging with the ratchetas the pawl is raised.

L is an arm attached to the gate, extending down vertically outside the frame, and provided with a right-angled finger, k, which extends inward and rests under the lever K, as shown in Fig. 3. As the gate is raised, the lever K will also be raised by the finger k striking under it, and as the gate falls the lever will fall of its own weight. By this means a regular intermittent motion is given to the feed-rollers, which feed the printed strip forward to the knives.

M is a rockarin, pivoted at l to one of the tion to alimited extent around said pivot. This movement is limited at the top byascrew, m, which passes through a slot, j, of the.rockarm, Fig. 5.

Nis a curved arm or elbow mounted in bearings of a U shaped bracket, n, attached to the rook-arm on its pivotal center, and extending around in rear of the upper feed-roller, 0, and its end resting over the holea in the bar F. Through this end passes a pin, 1),

which rests on top of the printed strip and directly over said hole. This pin is preferably a screw, as shown, which can be turned up or down to adjust its length. As the arm M is vibrated upon its pivot, the arm N. will .be' correspondingly rocked andthe pin 1) be raised.

0 is a square shoulder, forming astop on the outer edge of the arm M.

1' Lean incline, forming a oamface on the inner edge of said arm.

3 is a spring attached to the gate, moving up and down with it, and having a hook shaped head, s, which bears against the inner edge of the arm.

1 is aflat spring on the outside of the standard H, open at its bottom, which presses in against the lever K, opposite-the stop 0, and holds the lever against the standard, so that it will catch the stop in falling. u is a removable pin,which fits in any of a series of holes, 1; c, in the guide h, and forming also a stop to the fall of the lever.

P is the strip of paper upon which the addresses are printed. These are printed at regular distances apart with spaces between, except that occasionallysome addresses are longer and occupy more printed space than others. In such case, in conjunction with such long addresses, the printed strip has holesw w, which come in line with the hole win the bar F and with the pin p as the strip passes over.

The operation of this part of our invention is as follows: As the printed strip passes through the machine the pin restson top of it, and the rock-arm Mis consequently thrown out, so that the lever K in its fall will strike on the stop (rand be' gaged by it. In this case thethrow of the lever is just sufiicient to cause the pawl J to engage with andmove the ratchetewheel I forward .one notch, thereby feeding the strip forward between the knives just the width of the narrowest address. When one of the holes w in the printed strip comes beneath the pin 10, the latter will drop through the hole, thereby'eausing the rock-arm M to move inward and withdraw the stop 0 from under the lever K, and the latter will then fall till it strikes the stop-pin it below. 'This'canses the'pawl J to slide down over two or more of the teeth of the ratchet, according as the stoppin is placed higher or lower in the holes '12 r. The next up movement of the lever will give a correspondingly long movement of the feedrollers, and move the address-strip along the width of the wide address. In this manner the cutting of addresses, of varying widths is accomplished in anautomatic manner. After the pin has fallen through the holeof the printed strip, and'before the latter begins to feedforward, the end 8 of spring 8 strikes the earn-face r on the edge of the rock arm M and throws the latter outward, thereby raising the pin from the hole-free of the paper and preventing tearing of the latter. The spring disengages at the top of the rock-arm and allows the pin 12 to fallback onthe printed Strip.

R is a guideway or socketbelow the platen, 7o

in which rests-a follower, S, which moves up and down freely. The top of this follower is the bed upon which the papers are placed to be addressed.

T is a supplementary follower or head he 7 5 low the follower S, also moving freely in the socket, and having one or more springs, 3 y, interposed between it and the follower S.

V is a lever, pivoted at e, one end resting loosely under and supporting the head T, the other end projecting out beyond the follower, as shown in Fig. 3,

W is a rod 'or plunger which passes loosely through a pipe-bearing, .2, its lower end resting upon the, projecting end of lever Y, and its upper end resting under and in line with the arm L, which is attached to the gate. At every downstroke of the gate the arm L will strike the rod W, depressing the same, and the latter, through the medium of lever V, will 0 operate on head .1 and force the follower S up to meet the platen d. Thefollower resting on a spring will adapt itself to any thickness of papers or other articles to be addressed, from a single sheet up to a great number of them 5 piledone on top of another, the spring action producing just-enough pressnre'under all circumstances to receive the pasted slip upon the upper sheet.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In an addressing-machine, the combina tion, with feeding-rolleraof a bar having a hole therein, over which the printed strip :05 passes, a pin resting on the strip and above the hole, an elbow or shaft which supports the pin, and a rock-arm, to which the-elbow is attached. the rock-arm being provided with a stop for arresting the fall of the pawl-lever, no and with a cam-face for receiving rocking motion from the gate, the printed strip being also provided with holes which come in line with the pin, as. herein set forth.

2. In an addressing-machine, the combination of the bar F, provided "with hole a, the pin 1) resting above the hole, the elbow N, to which the pin is attached, the rock-arm M, provided with the stop 0 and cam-face 1-, and

the spring 8, provided with a head, 8, for act- 12o ing against the, rock-arm, as shown and described, andfor the purpose specified.

3. In an addressing-machine, the combination of the bar F, provided with hole a, the pin p, the elbow N, the rock-arm M, provided with stop 0 and cam-face r, the lever K, the pawl J, and the ratchet-wheel I, attached to the shaft of one of the feed-rollers, as herein shown and described.

4. In an addressing-machipe, the combina- 1 0 tion, with the lever K, pawl'J,ratchet I, reciprocating gate G, and rock-arm M, of the stop-pin 1:, adjustable higher and lower in In witness whereof we have hereunto signed holes 1: v of the guide 71,. as herein shown and our names in the presence of two subscribing described. witnesses.

5. The combination, with the lever K, pawl 5 J, ratchet; I, reciprocating gate G,'and rock- JNO. DENNIS, JR. arm M, of the spring t, as shown and described, DELOS S. YORK.

and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination of the follower S, the Witnesses: platen d, springer springs 3 head T, lever V, R: F. OSGOOD, [0 rod \V, and vertical arm L, as shown and de- JOHN E. BEAN.

scribed, and for the purpose specified. 

